DCHP-2

duo-tang Duo-tang, Duotang, Duo Tang, duotang DCHP-2 (July 2016)

• n. — proprietary

  a folder made of card stock or plastic in various colours, with three fasteners to hold down loose-leaf paper (see Image 1).

  Type: 5. Frequency — Duo-Tang is an American product. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Paw Paw, Michigan (Bloomberg Business website). As Chart 1 shows, duo-tang is not widely used in the US, but is very frequent in Canada.
  See also COD-2, s.v. "Duo-Tang", which is marked "Cdn proprietary".

  See also: exercise book  

  • Combinations exist in terms such as Duotang-bound book (see the 1987 quotation) or duo-tang folder (see the 2006 quotation).